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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products , Jim Highsmith, Addison Wesley, 2004.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. Many studies have identified high autonomy as an important prerequisite for Agile teams ( Moe, Dingsøyr & Dybå, 2010 ; Donmez & Gudela, 2013 ; Tripp & Armstrong, 2018 ; Melo et. 2010, April). Cardozo et. References.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management.

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Product Management Considerations for Project Managers

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Dive into the complementary roles of product managers and project managers and explore how their collaboration can lead to desired outcomes by overcoming common challenges, making strategic decisions, and driving product innovation forward. Product teams can utilize a product roadmap showing iterations or incremental changes to the product.

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

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Research has linked team cognition to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). Information and Software Technology , 48 (4), 235–244.

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Agile Movers & Shakers (6): The Liberators Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem

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Barry : Failed software development projects. In 2010 I worked as a project manager for a web agency. I was responsible for managing software development projects. Developers, because of the growing crunch-culture. Barry : “Brick by Brick – How LEGO rewrote the rules of innovation” by David Robertson.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Effort Distribution to Estimate Cost in Small to Medium Software Development Project with Use Case Points,” Putu Linda Primandari and Sholiq, The Third Information Systems International Conference, Procedia Computer Science, 72, pp. Software Development Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Bayesian Belief Network with COCOMO II,” B.